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No, 244,920. Patented July 26,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES G. MUNROE, OF FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 244,920, dated July 26, 1881.

Application filed May 19,1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES G. MUNROE, of Fayetteville, in the county of Cumberland and State of North. Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements'in Ohurns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, whichwill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,'vvhich form a. part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my improved churn. Fig. 2 is a similar section at right angles to the section shown in Fig.1, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rotary dasher detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

My invention contemplates an improvement in rotary'churns, as hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim. 7

In the annexed drawings, A represents the cream-receptacle or churn-box, which is cylindrical in shape and provided with a closelyfitting flanged cover, B. About at an equal distance from the top and bottom of the cylinder is, on one side, aprojectin g tube,O, whichv is closed by a screw-cap, 0, and on the other side, exactly opposite thereto, is another tube, D. These projecting tubes 0 and D form bearings for, the horizontal dasher-shaft E, which has a crank, F, for operating it, and is provided with a rubber or other elastic washer, e, which impinges upon the outer end of the open tube D in the nature of a packing to close the outlet without interfering in the least with the operation of the crank and shaft.

let, I, which has a screw -cap, it, at its outer end and a strainer, l, at its inner end.

This churn (the operation of which will be readily understood without further description) agitates the cream thoroughly and causes the butter to come quickly. It is easily operated andcleaned, and is'so simple that it can be manufactured at a small expense.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- The combination of the c lindrical churnloody A, having cover B and tubular project;

ing bearings O D, constructed and arranged as set forth, dasher-shaft E, having crank F and elastic washer e, and dasher composed of the perforated segments G, secured at right an gles to one another upon centrally-perforated hubs H H, having set-screw t, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES G. MUNROE.

Witnesses R. W. THORNTON, T. J. UNDERWOOD. 

